{"id":156304,"date":"2026-08-19T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156304"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:00:07","slug":"why-china-will-need-a-more-persuasive-security-offer-to-win-over-middle-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156304","title":{"rendered":"Why China will need a \u2018more persuasive security offer\u2019 to win over middle powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJust weeks before Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to visit the White House, tensions have flared between Washington and its allies after one of the administration\u2019s sharpest rebukes yet.<br \/>\nSpeaking in Manila on August 10, Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of defence for policy, pressed regional partners to increase defence spending and align more closely with American priorities.<br \/>\nHe said Washington sought \u201cpartners, not protectorates\u201d and cautioned against \u201cthe delusion of fashionable but&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3364543\/why-china-will-need-more-persuasive-security-offer-win-over-middle-powers?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJust weeks before Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to visit the White House, tensions have flared between Washington and its allies after one&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156304"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}